Tracking
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Tracking

Timesheets for billing and payroll, idle-based auto clock-out from the desktop app, and GPS field check-ins for sales.

Overview

Tracking answers who is actually working, in the way that suits the work. Timers turn effort into timesheets, invoices and payroll; desk staff are clocked out automatically when their computer goes idle; field sales check in at client visits. No screenshots, no keystroke logs.

  • Project-aware timer — one-click start tagged to a project and task; auto-pauses when idle.
  • Idle auto clock-out — break after inactivity, a warning, then clock-out at the last activity.
  • Field check-ins — GPS on tap, linked to the lead or deal, with mileage for reimbursement.
  • Automated timesheets — weekly timesheets generated and ready for approval.
  • Invoice integration — billable hours flow straight into invoices at the correct rate.
  • Productivity scoring — surface your most productive hours and lowest-friction tasks.
  • Approval workflows — managers approve time before it converts to billing or payroll.

The timer

Start the timer and tag it to a project and task in one click. It runs while you work and auto-pauses when you go idle, so tracked time reflects real effort. You can also add or edit time entries manually when you forget to start the timer.

Idle-based auto clock-out

With the GigRoot desktop app running, GigRoot knows one thing: whether the computer has had keyboard or mouse input, and when. After a stretch without input (15 minutes by default) the person is put on a break; shortly before the clock-out threshold (45 minutes) they are warned; then the shift is closed at their last activity, so idle time is never paid. Clocking in again the same day resumes the shift and records the time away as a break.

Roles often away from the keyboard — managers, consultants, sales — get longer thresholds by default (a break after 30 minutes, clock-out after 2 hours) and can be exempted; the agency owner is never clocked out. Without the desktop app idle can't be measured: the day is marked unverified and, by default, the old offline rule applies. Managers see whether shifts ended manually or automatically and a weekly count per person — never screenshots, keystrokes or app names.

Get the app from Desktop app in the Tracking header: macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows (installer or portable) and Linux (AppImage or .deb). Thresholds and per-role rules are in the Tracking Settings tab, which managers can open.

Field check-ins

Sales staff tap Start visit and End visit on their phone. GPS and time are read at that moment only — never in the background — after they give explicit, revocable consent. A visit can be linked to a lead or deal and appears on its timeline, an optional photo can be required, and the distance between visits feeds a mileage log that files a reimbursement claim (₹4 a km by default; clear the rate to turn claims off). Field visits are on for sales and consultant roles by default. Check-ins made without signal are saved on the phone and sent when the app is next open online. Visits also count as recorded work in work coverage.

Note
Continuous background location and geofence alerts are not offered: installed web apps can't do them reliably (iPhones stop location once the app is in the background).

Timesheets & approval

Tracked time rolls up into weekly timesheets automatically. Managers review and approve them, and approved billable hours flow into invoices at the right rate and into payroll for performance-based pay.